can someone tell me about these hdtv cards?

[5489]

someone mentioned having a FusionHDTV card. what do these exactly do?

 

[Viper GTS]

Turns your PC into an HDTV tuner, with the ability to output DVI signals to HDTV's.

Viper GTS

 

[conjur]

HTPC forum at AVSForum.com

Allows you to receive HDTV broadcasts from Over-The-Air (OTA)

No DVI here...component-out to my set.

 

[5489]

so it's basically used as a tuner to output to the tv, not to view on the computer

 

[conjur]

Either or...you can also record programs, too.

 

[5489]

do the recorded files look good? better than regular TV cards since it's HDTV?

 

[conjur]

Looks just as good...or so I've read...I've not recorded a show yet on mine.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: 5489
do the recorded files look good? better than regular TV cards since it's HDTV?

Quality is superior to analog. Only drawback, is the file size of the recorded program. Approx, 4GB for half an hour of video.

 

[arod]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: 5489
do the recorded files look good? better than regular TV cards since it's HDTV?

Quality is superior to analog. Only drawback, is the file size of the recorded program. Approx, 4GB for half an hour of video.

Its exactly as good as the orig broadcast. The only drawback is the size... I have band of brothers set which comes in as 100 gigs for 10 hours.